A lot of people run around networking as if its the key to success. I have bad news. The network doesn't come before success. It comes with success. You earn a network just like you earn money. You gain it over time by providing value to people. A network is mutually beneficial. People invest time and resources[...]

A listener reached out with a question. They’re saving some money each month and want to set up a passive income stream through local rental properties. Real estate is a tough market to get into right now. Not saying impossible just a fair warning: It's competitive. The economy has been booming for a long time.[...]

Back in 2012, when I was unsure of the success of my , I casted a few other nets. One of them was a Lawn Care google place and with a few pages. As you know I had mowed a few lawns in high school so I got a few of those old customers to leave me Google Reviews. I then forgot about the site. Each week during the[...]

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From 2013-2017 my partner and I rented a small apartment in Boston as our company "office" and went there very day with our employees. We were still very hands on and we were most productive together. It was a scrappy time where we really accomplished a lot to set us up for the success we enjoy now. I switched[...]

Doing this while you have a full time job is the perfect way to start. More on that here . Step 1: Do a quick and dirty market study - start searching and calling competitors. Use trends.google.com to find out which company in your town is the largest (most search volume) and study them. Are they doing digital[...]

I’ve bought over $100 million worth of self storage. It took looking at over 5,000 deals to get it done. What I'm about to tell you is not a full underwriting process. It is not comprehensive. This is the back-of-the-napkin work I do to see if a deal is worth spending more time on. You'll learn really quick in[...]

So you have a . Your new business must provide a service either faster, better or cheaper to carve out a slice of the pie and be successful. So your market analysis needs to be a deep look at the main companies offering the same service you plan to offer in your area considering these three criteria:[...]